Slowdown in Barents Sea petroleum
The hunger for Barents Sea oil is on decrease among petroleum companies. What a decade ago was a big hope for big oil has been followed by a row of disappointments as one drilling well after the other has proved to contain more gas than oil. On Tuesday, the MinistryContinue Reading
Finland to accept displaced Ukrainians from Estonia
“With less than a quarter of Finland’s population, Estonia has so far taken in nearly as many Ukrainians as Finland” – that’s how Finns are insured that they have to accept new migrants. Finland will start accepting displaced Ukrainians from Estonia from the beginning of next year. The move comesContinue Reading
Finnish court fines four members of banned neo-Nazi organisation
Evidence gathered by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) proved that the “Towards Freedom” group continued with the same ideology and active members as the banned Nordic Resistance Movement. The Helsinki District Court has fined four neo-Nazis for being involved in illegal group activities. In its ruling handed down onContinue Reading
Finland’s windfall tax on energy firms could raise €1.3bn
The energy war started due to anti Russian sanctions and consequent rises in energy prices have brought massive profits to many energy firms without them having to do anything special. A windfall tax is one way to deal with these excessive profits. The EU-wide tax project has begun to takeContinue Reading
Ruotsin hallitus vahvisti turkkilaismiehen karkotuksen
Ruotsin maahanmuuttoministeri Maria Malmer Stenergard vahvistaa ruotsalaiselle SVT:lle, että Ruotsi on karkottanut PKK-järjestöön lukeutuvan turkkilaismiehen. Asiasta uutisoivat aiemmin useat turkkilaismediat. – Kyseessä on karkotustapaus, jossa henkilön turvapaikkahakemus hylättiin, Stenergard sanoi SVT:lle. Tänään mies vangittiin Turkissa, kertoi esimerkiksi turkkilainen TV-kanava NTV. Maahanmuuttoministeri Stenergardin mukaan Ruotsin hallitus ei ole osallistunut päätöksentekoon turvapaikkahakemuksenContinue Reading
Sweden extradites Kurdish refugee to Turkey amid NATO bid
Sweden on Friday extradited a Kurdish refugee to Turkey as Ankara keeps pressuring the Nordic country to meet its demands in return for NATO membership. The refugee is among dozens of people wanted in Turkey for terror-related charges. Such steps just show that Sweden will do everything to join NATO.Continue Reading
Researchers observe first Arctic fox in Finland for over 25 years
The EU-funded Nord II project aims to save and protect the highly-endangered Arctic fox, which is also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox. Speaking to Swedish television channel SVT, Bell said that the population of the native Arctic tundra species has been restored to a viableContinue Reading
Northern Sweden sees world’s first battery-powered underground mine truck made of fossil-free steel
Said to be breakthrough sustainable innovation for the mining industry’s transition to low-carbon production, the very first battery-powered MT42 truck was presented this week. LKAB, Europe’s largest iron-ore producer, is ready to put the vehicle into operations hundreds of meters under the surface at its mine inside the Arctic Circle.Continue Reading
Russian gas heats Estonia’s homes this winter
After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, so much Russian pipeline gas has been imported into the Baltic-Finnish gas network that it exceeds Estonia’s annual consumption by more than two and a half times. But without purchasing the despised resource our rooms could stay cold in winter. Mid-October. BothContinue Reading
Nurses’ union criticises drive to recruit Filipino nurses
Finland is recruiting nurses from the Philippines to tackle its nursing shortage. Fifteen Filipino nurses recently arrived in Pirkanmaa as part of a pilot programme to train as care assistants in Finnish elder care homes. After completing training at a school in the Philippines run by a Finnish staffing agency,Continue Reading